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Dictionary: “侍”

侍

さむらい

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the edo period); samurai

Example sentence

"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

侍
On
じ;し
Kun
さむらい;はべ.る
Stroke count
8

・waiter

・samurai

・wait upon

・serve

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Related words to 侍

43 related words

侍医

じい

→

court physician

侍女

じじょ

→

lady attendant;lady's maid;waiting maid

侍従

じじゅう

→

chamberlain

侍

さむらい

→

person with a strong backbone;person that does incredible things;person of considerable talent

侍

さぶらい

→

man in attendance (on a person of high standing);retainer

侍する

じする

→

to wait upon;to serve

侍らす

はべらす

→

to wait upon;to serve

侍り

はべり

→

to wait upon;to serve

侍る

はべる

→

to wait upon;to serve

侍ジャパン

さむらいジャパン

→

Samurai Japan (national baseball team)

侍僧

じそう

→

acolyte

侍史

じし

→

respectfully

侍大将

さぶらいだいしょう

→

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

侍妾

じしょう

→

concubine;mistress

侍婢

じひ

→

lady-in-waiting

侍従官

じじゅうかん

→

chamberlain

侍従武官

じじゅうぶかん

→

emperor's aide-de-camp

侍従職

じじゅうしょく

→

board of chamberlains

侍従長

じじゅうちょう

→

grand chamberlain

侍所

さむらいどころ

→

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)

侍曹

じそう

→

respectfully

侍気質

さむらいかたぎ

→

samurai spirit

侍祭

じさい

→

acolyte

侍立

じりつ

→

assisting (a dignitary)

侍者

じしゃ

→

attendant;valet;altar boy;acolyte

侍臣

じしん

→

courtier;attendant

侍蟻

さむらいあり

→

Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)

侍衛

じえい

→

bodyguard

侍衛長

じえいちょう

→

captain of the guard

侍読

じどく

→

imperial tutor

侍講

じこう

→

tutor to a daimyo, etc.

侍

さぶらい

→

samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

侍り

はべり

→

to be

侍史

じし

→

private secretary

侍所

さむらいどころ

→

samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

侍講

じこう

→

tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)

侍り

はべり

→

to humbly do ...

侍大将

さむらいだいしょう

→

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

侍所

さぶらいどころ

→

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)

侍所

さぶらいどころ

→

samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

侍り

はんべり

→

to wait upon;to serve

侍り

はんべり

→

to be

侍り

はんべり

→

to humbly do ...